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  • Metol
    Metol
    a brand name for a colorless, water-soluble salt, C 1 4 H 2 0 N 2 O 6 S, used chiefly as a photographic developer.
  • metol
    metol
    noun
    a colourless soluble organic substance used, in the form of its sulphate, as a photographic developer; p- methylaminophenol See also aminophenol

Metol

American  
[mee-tawl, -tol] / ˈmi tɔl, -tɒl /
Chemistry, Trademark.
  1. a brand name for a colorless, water-soluble salt, C 1 4 H 2 0 N 2 O 6 S, used chiefly as a photographic developer.


metol British  
/ ˈmiːtɒl /

noun

  1. a colourless soluble organic substance used, in the form of its sulphate, as a photographic developer; p- methylaminophenol See also aminophenol

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Etymology

Origin of metol

C20: from German, an arbitrary coinage

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